Bruno Lage manager
Bruno Lage refused to criticise the officials after Chris Wood’s penalty dented Wolverhampton Wanderers’ European bid. Lage hadn’t watched the incident back by the time he arrived at his post-match press conference, but he was informed by a member of his backroom team that there was contact between Sa and Wood.
Bruno Lage said: “I really didn’t see it. My analyst is saying there is contact. I came straight to the press conference. I was thinking maybe it was offside, I talked with the fourth official, he said no offside, so at the moment I don’t have any opinion about the penalty.”
The Wolves boss was more frustrated with the way his team allowed Newcastle to counter-attack so rapidly. Wolves squandered possession in the attacking third and a costly slip from Luke Cundle in midfield paved the way for Allan Saint-Maximin to feed Wood.
Bruno Lage said: “We are in the box, a good cross from Marcal, they win the ball and with two or three touches, they are in our box. We missed a big chance to win today and in this moment I should give credit to Newcastle. There weren’t too many chances but they scored their chance and deserved to win the game.”
